ORGANIZING CREATIVITY – Page 161 – How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Crimes of Translation

2010-02-15

There's a place where creativity is not needed -- in translations. At least beyond expressing what the author meant. Unfortunately, at least from English to German, there are a lot of failed "creative" people at work here. A rant with soul-shredding examples.
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PostDoc RoadMap

2010-02-04

How do you plan your post-doc phase? Here's a suggestion. (Update: Looking at it four years later, I think it's too detailed and optimistic. And it needed better feedback.)
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Recommendation: TEDTalk – Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity

2010-02-04

Incredible talk -- not only the content but also the performance.
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Organizing Creativity Book available at Amazon.com

2010-02-03

Yeah, it's here!!! (Update: I strongly recommend having a look at the second version -- it's much, much better.)
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Who is strong enough to kill his children?

2010-02-01

A few words on editing text -- why you need a good "no-bullshit" editor, and a safe place for your kids.
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Wanting to appear competent vs. being competent

2010-02-01

When feedback about a presentation was ... completely misunderstood and turned into a real fuck-up, I began to think about competence and how some people seem to chose appearance over performance.
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Too late, too late, too late — oh, well ;-)

2010-01-29

Sometimes you have a great idea, or want to see something realized that you saw in a movie, and then you notice that it already exists. Yeah. :-)
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Think differently?

2010-01-28

A look at Apple's iPad release, their marketing tactics, and whether they fuel or stifle creativity. Also: Star Trek.
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Media-rich/enhanced eBook

2010-01-18

Some thoughts on a media-rich/enhanced eBook. Reading could become ... ah, read on.
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Capture your ideas: PhD Comic

2010-01-14

I guess this PhD comic says it all. :-)
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A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.